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7 switch heater command and query, Table 4-5, Return values and meanings for – American Magnetics 4Q1005PS-430 Integrated Power Supply System User Manual

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Remote Interface Reference

Switch Heater Commands and Queries

DECR

Places the Model 430 Programmer in the MANUAL DOWN ramping

mode. Ramping continues at the ramp rate until the Current Limit is

achieved (or zero current is achieved for unipolar power supplies).

ZERO

Places the Model 430 Programmer in ZEROING CURRENT mode.

Ramping automatically initiates and continues at the ramp rate until the

power supply output current is less than 0.1% of I

max

, at which point the

AT ZERO status becomes active.

STATE?

Returns an integer value corresponding to the ramping state according to

the table below:

4.5.7

Switch Heater Command and Query

The

PSwitch

commands control and query the state of the persistent

switch heater. For further information regarding the persistent switch

heater, see section 3.13 on page 77.

PSwitch {0|1}

Turns the persistent switch heater OFF and ON. Sending “0” turns the

switch heater OFF. Sending a “1” turns the switch heater ON. The default

value is “0”.

Table 4-5.

Return Values and Meanings for

STATE?

Query

Return

Value

Meaning

1

RAMPING to target field/current

2

HOLDING at the target field/current

3

PAUSED

4

Ramping in MANUAL UP mode

5

Ramping in MANUAL DOWN mode

6

ZEROING CURRENT (in progress)

7

Quench detected

8

At ZERO current

9

Heating persistent switch

10

Cooling persistent switch